Stained Glass Cookies, Cathedral Window or Church Window Cookies, whatever you call them, make a delicious, fun and visually appealing Christmas Cookie that has a candy center that when melted has the appearance of stained glass.

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Ingredients

1/3 cup butter at room temperature (for flavor)

1/3 cup shortening (for texture)

1 1/4 cups sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optionally you could substitute almond extract or lemon zest for a portion of the vanilla)

Bake from 8 to 10 minutes, or until cookies are very lightly browned and candy is melted.

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Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, until candy is hard.

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Carefully lift cookies off baking sheet with spatula. The cookies will be easier to remove if you are using a silicone baking pad or oven safe parchment paper.

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Finish cooling cookies on a rack.

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Store at room temperature.

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